There is a difference between doing something which you are good at it, and not knowing you have a talent you are yet to identify but when you start exhibiting it, you feel awestruck and amazed at knowing you actually can do this.
...This is my story!
“Busayo, you will be good at being a journalist” I still do not know why the person had to tell me this. He was my Dad's friend some years ago.
Another friend of my dad said to my face that I should start singing and recording at the studio because my voice is good. At least he gave his reason for suggesting that career to me. But the truth is, it never occurred to me that I can sing or compose songs because I feel I am not as better as those out there.
Though, sometimes when I sing even in Church, I don't know if my voice should be a soprano or auto because I have this funny way of switching to any part especially when others are singing with me.
I don't know how to maintain my current voice and because of this, I thought I would make blunders even if I go to the studio. Even though I have a talent for composing songs, I can still not trust myself to sing in front of an audience because I will confuse the instrumentalists 😅
There was a day a pianist waited for me to give him a key to sing while leading praise and worship in church, he got frustrated confused along the way that I even felt bad and embarrassed because he couldn't continue helping my ministry in leading others to dance to God. What an experience!
Since then, the coordinator took his time and sacrificed guiding me on how to use the right keys when singing. Till now, I give the wrong keys 😁
I have always loved singing right from time but should I make this a talent? Maybe not! But I still sing to glorify God in my closet and anywhere I find myself.
For teaching? Yea, I can boldly say it's my talent because of the love I have for children. I love to teach little children and because of this, I asked my Dad while in Primary School 4 if I should start a lesson with my two younger siblings. He gladly accepted and that was when I became a teacher in my own space. Age? I still can't remember what age I was then but I should be around 8-10 years.
Also, when I got to secondary school, I was 12 years old and I love to write notes for my colleagues especially when they missed classes and they need to catch up with notes being given to us. This doesn't go free because I get paid in a little way. I was so good at writing stories in big exercise books and would keep them safe. At this time, I never knew writing is my talent and I was so in love with writing stories and would write songs which I composed by myself.
Until a day came and that was when I realized writing is also a talent hidden in me apart from teaching. It was my younger sister who made me recognize it when she requested I start writing for her blog while she paid me in Steem. It was at that time I got to know about the Steemit platform and that was at the age of 15 years.
Ever since then, I have developed a great love for writing and teaching. Both are what have kept me going today. I have taught in two different private schools and I was so loved at both schools. Writing also has brought me this far that I enjoy doing this with passion and it has been an inbuilt talent which my sister made me realize at a younger age.
Thanks for your time.
